8.1
Table Of Contents
- vSphere Replication for Disaster Recovery to Cloud
- Contents
- About Disaster Recovery to Cloud
- Disaster Recovery to Cloud System Requirements and Compatibility
- Installing and Configuring vSphere Replication to Cloud
- Installing vSphere Replication for Disaster Recovery to Cloud
- Upgrading vSphere Replication from Earlier Product Versions
- Configure the NTP Synchronization in Your Environment
- How vSphere Replication Connects to Cloud
- Configuring the Connection to the Cloud
- Connect to a Cloud Provider Site
- Reconfiguring a Site Pair and Breaking a Site Pair
- Select Recovery Networks on the Target Virtual Data Center
- Select Recovery Networks from Cloud to the Local Site
- Disable the Automatic Export of MAC Addresses During Replication
- Cloud Connection States
- Reconnect to a Cloud Provider Site
- Replicating Virtual Machines to Cloud
- Reconfiguring Replications to the Cloud
- Recovering Virtual Machines to Cloud
- Configuring Replications from Cloud
- Recovering Virtual Machines from Cloud
- Monitoring and Managing Replications in vSphere Replication
Recovering Virtual Machines
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You can check if virtual machines are properly replicated in the local site, and migrate replicated virtual
machines to your local environment.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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Test Recovering Virtual Machines from Cloud
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Recover a Virtual Machine from Cloud
Test Recovering Virtual Machines from Cloud
You can use test recoveries to verify that source data is replicated correctly on the local site.
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vSphere Replication prepares for the recovery operation.
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If you perform a synchronization of the latest changes, vSphere Replication checks that the cloud
site is available before recovering the virtual machine on the target site. Then
vSphere Replication synchronizes the changes from the cloud to the local site.
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If you skip the synchronization and recover with the latest data available, for example, if the cloud
site is not available, vSphere Replication uses the latest available data at the local site.
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vSphere Replication rebuilds the replicated .vmdk files.
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vSphere Replication reconfigures the newly replicated virtual machine with the correct disk paths.
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vSphere Replication registers the virtual machine with vCenter Server at the local site.
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vSphere Replication connects the virtual machine to the local vCenter Server network if the test
recovery network mapping is configured.
Run a Test Recovery from Cloud
You run a test recovery to verify that data is replicated correctly from the cloud provider site to the local
site.
Note If the test network is not isolated from the production network and these networks have common
routing, a test recovery of a replicated virtual machine might result in duplicate MAC addresses in your
virtual data center. If you use the same network for test recoveries and for production, and if you have not
disabled the automatic copying of network configurations, see http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2086292.
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